How to bet British Champions Day: Why it ought to be Ombudsman at Ascot

How to bet British Champions Day: Why it ought to be Ombudsman at Ascot

Steve Dennis marks your card for Ascot’s end-of-season extravaganza on Saturday [Oct 18]

What’s been happening: Thorpedo Anna retired, Daryz to stay in training, British Champions Day latest and more …

What’s been happening: Thorpedo Anna retired, Daryz to stay in training, British Champions Day latest and more …

Horse of the Year set for broodmare career but Arc hero races on – plus world #1 Ka Ying Rising ‘ready to rumble’ in Everest … all this and more in our weekly digest of recent international racing news

‘We feel like it would be a lot to ask of him’ – Chad Summers on a Breeders’ Cup no-go for star juvenile Napoleon Solo

‘We feel like it would be a lot to ask of him’ – Chad Summers on a Breeders’ Cup no-go for star juvenile Napoleon Solo

Trainer is taking the long view and avoiding the temptation to ship across country to Del Mar with his 6½-length Champagne Stakes winner

World rankings update: ‘She looks a serious filly, make no mistake’ – Aidan O’Brien full of praise for Precise

World rankings update: ‘She looks a serious filly, make no mistake’ – Aidan O’Brien full of praise for Precise

With top-class two-year-old racing dominating last week’s European fare and a pre-Breeders’ Cup hiatus in the States, there was little movement in the reaches of Thoroughbred Racing Commentary’s Global Rankings.

Ben Curtis: Any job can get stale and I was putting in a lot of miles and hours in England

Ben Curtis: Any job can get stale and I was putting in a lot of miles and hours in England

Our questions are answered by the prolific former British-based jockey who recently  landed his first G1 win since moving to the US on Simply In Front at Keeneland

Here’s mud in your eye: spotlight on German beach racing

Here’s mud in your eye: spotlight on German beach racing

Xander Brett visited the Duhner Wattrennen in Cuxhaven, an idiosyncratic once-a-year venue where horse racing takes place on mudflats in the Elbe estuary

TRC Global Rankings Insight

The only comprehensive international rankings for jockeys, owners, trainers and stallions. Watch our video to see how it works.

#1 Ranked 12 October 2025

HorsesKa Ying Rising NZL
Sires OverallFrankel GBR
Sires DirtInto Mischief USA
Sires TurfFrankel GBR
JockeysRyan Moore
OwnersGodolphin
TrainersAidan O'Brien
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